{All the ghettos around the world}{Dig this}{Ghetto Fabulous Joe}{Shaggy}All the children sing {Uh}

I'm a ghetto childI'm a ghetto child (Check it, out)

There's a world out there that I wanna seeThere's a man that I'm destined to beI won't be stopped by the ghetto streetsI believe inside that I can't be beat

This life could be a ball and chainIf you let yourself get caught in the gameI had some friends who sold drugs for doughBut I don't intend to go down that road

Just because I'm a ghetto childI won't live down to your expectations (No, no)Just believe that a ghetto childCan rise in the highest celebration (Oh)Know that I am a ghetto childBut I can see the best in me, can youI'm a ghetto child

All the ghettos around the world, dig this

One day I'm gonna change the worldMake a better place for every boy and girlEveryone in need, homeless familiesHave a place to sleep and food to eat

I'll take every gun off the streetsSo another tear won't be she'd in griefAnd every thug in every hoodI will make 'em change from bad to good

I believe that it can be doneGotta start somewhere and I'm that oneAll the children sing (Yeah, yeah)All the children sing (Yeah, yeah)

Just because I'm a ghetto childI won't live down to your expectationsJust believe that a ghetto childCan rise in the highest celebrationKnow that I am a ghetto childBut I can see the best in me, can youI'm a ghetto child (Ooh, yeah, ooh)

{Hey, yo', look at me inna different light}{Spare me all about those stereotypes}Ain't no madness that'll bring me downGonna take this life and turn it around

{Now see, the sky's the limit, I won't be denied}{Ain't no stoppin' me, I'm a ghetto child}And at the end when it's said and doneWe will all be singin' this ghetto song

I believe that it can be done (Yeah, oh)Gotta start somewhere and I'm that oneAll the children sing (Yeah, yeah)All the children sing (Yeah, yeah)

Just because I'm a ghetto childI won't live down to your expectationsJust believe that a ghetto childCan rise in the highest celebration (Oh... Oh... Oh...)Know that I am a ghetto childBut I can see the best in me, can youI'm a ghetto child (Let's go to church now)

Just because I'm a ghetto child (Uh)I won't live down to your expectations (Take me toChurch now)Just believe that a ghetto child (Ooh)Can rise in the highest celebration (Hey, hey)Know that I am a ghetto child (Ooh, yeah)But I can see the best in me, can youI'm a ghetto child (Hey, ghetto child,Whoa... Oh... Ooh...)

Just because I'm a ghetto childI won't live down to your expectations (Sing a songFor me)Just believe that a ghetto child (Sing a song for me)Can rise in the highest celebration (Everybody sing itNow, yeah)Know that I am a ghetto childBut I can see (Ooh, yeah) the best in me, can you (Oh)I'm a ghetto child (So I can see the best in me, canYou)

It's not where you're from, it's where you're gonna be(Hey)It's not where you're from, it's where you're gonna be